14 July 2021PatentsMuireann Bolger

EU Commission to tackle ‘inefficient’ SEP licensing system

The European Commission is to unveil potential new regulation and/or a directive on standard-essential patents (SEPs), after it criticised the present licensing system for its lack of transparency, unpredictability and inefficiency.

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